The Jazz Circuit Darling of Buenos Aires
Grisel D'Angelo seems to be everyone's favorite these days. She has performed in all the hottest jazz clubs in town. She has also traveled the world singing in front of Presidents and other famous dignitaries. So when I got an invite by the Buenos Aires jazz club Jazz Voyeur, where I had been before to do a review, I accepted. After all, it's only two blocks from my flat :) Nonetheless, I'm glad I attended. The show was a lot of fun, as she mixed Gershwin with James Bond title [...] Read moreHit The Wall
The day the world changed was captured in Hit The Wall. But it was about more than the igniting spark of the famous Stonewall Riots on that sweltering night June 28, 1969; it was a moment of conscious awakening. Hit The Wall is the new play brilliantly written by Ike Holter and directed by Eric Hoff. It genuinely moved me in its carefully focused nuances. I hadn’t expected it.
Read moreA Tribute to Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis
La Mama presents a tribute to Warhol superstar Jackie Curtis; its an artistic, engaging and entertaining show befitting the East Village, about the Warhol protege. For years people have been asking, “Where did the art of the village go? Well, its back in all its glory in Jukebox Jackie: Snatches of Jackie Curtis.
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Chess the musical, directed by Rod A. Lansberry opened yesterday night for its limited run at the newly opened Lone Tree Arts Center to what appeared to be a wait-and-see crowd. When the U.S. and Russian Chess champions meet in Italy — for the World Championship match set during the Cold War, with their respective entourages in tow — love, romance, ambition and greed are leveraged and played like pawns by two geo-political machines.
Read moreCaribbean Jazz by The Pedrito Martinez Trio
If you like Caribbean Jazz, with lots of percussion, then you might want to check out The Pedrito Martinez Trio (Pedrito Martinez on percussion, Axel Tosca on piano, and John Benites on bass.)
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